Purchase management system, server apparatus, purchase management method, and recording medium

Abstract

A server apparatus creates a list of items to be purchased by receiving item identification information scanned from a code attached to each item, generates checkout information based on the list of items to be purchased, and transmits the list to a mobile terminal. A checkout machine acquires the checkout information from the mobile terminal, and displays an age confirmation screen when an item requiring an age confirmation is included in the list of items to be purchased. The checkout machine completes the age confirmation when acquiring age confirmation information.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A purchase management system comprising:
 a server apparatus including a first memory storing first instructions, and one or more first processors; and   a checkout machine including a second memory storing second instructions, and one or more second processors configured to execute the second instructions,   wherein the one or more first processors are configured to execute the first instructions to
 receive item identification information, which is scanned from a code attached to each item, from a mobile terminal, 
 create a list of items to be purchased based on the item identification information received from the mobile terminal, and 
 generate checkout information based on the list of items to be purchased and transmit the checkout information to the mobile terminal, and 
   wherein the one or more second processors are configured to execute the second instructions to
 acquire the checkout information from the mobile terminal, and acquire the list of items to be purchased based on the checkout information, 
 display an age confirmation screen when an item requiring an age confirmation is included in the list of items to be purchased, 
 acquire age confirmation information, and 
 complete the age confirmation when the age confirmation information is acquired. 
   
     
     
         2 . The purchase management system according to  claim 1 , wherein the first processor generates checkout screen information and transmit the checkout screen information to the mobile terminal, the checkout screen information including the checkout information when the item requiring the age confirmation is not included in the list of items to be purchased and including the checkout information and an age confirmation message when the item requiring the age confirmation is included in the list of items to be purchased. 
     
     
         3 . The purchase management system according to  claim 1 , wherein the second processor displays the age confirmation screen when a specific code is included in the item identification information of an item listed in the list of items to be purchased. 
     
     
         4 . The purchase management system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the checkout machine stores, in the second memory, a list of items requiring the age confirmation which indicates item identification information of the items requiring the age confirmation, and   the second processor displays the age confirmation screen when item identification information of an item listed in the list of items to be purchased is included in the list of items requiring the age confirmation.   
     
     
         5 . The purchase management system according to  claim 1 , wherein the age confirmation information indicates a clerk code applied on a possession of a clerk. 
     
     
         6 . The purchase management system according to  claim 5 , wherein the second processor performs at least one of outputting sound and turning on a light. 
     
     
         7 . The purchase management system according to  claim 1 , wherein the age confirmation information indicates biometric information of a customer. 
     
     
         8 . A purchase management method performed by a purchase management system comprising a server apparatus and a checkout machine,
 wherein the server apparatus performs
 receiving item identification information, which is scanned from a code attached to each item, from a mobile terminal, 
 creating a list of items to be purchased based on the item identification information received from the mobile terminal, and 
 generating checkout information based on the list of items to be purchased, and transmitting the checkout information to the mobile terminal, and 
   wherein the checkout machine performs
 acquiring the checkout information from the mobile terminal, and acquiring the list of items to be purchased based on the checkout information, 
 displaying an age confirmation screen when an item requiring an age confirmation is included in the list of items to be purchased, 
 acquiring age confirmation information, and 
 completing the age confirmation when the age confirmation information is acquired. 
   
     
     
         9 . A server apparatus capable of communicating with a mobile terminal and a checkout machine, the server apparatus comprising:
 a memory storing instructions; and   one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:   receive item identification information scanned from a code attached to each item, from the mobile terminal;   create a list of items to be purchased based on the item identification information received from the mobile terminal;   generate checkout information based on the list of items to be purchased, and transmit the checkout information to the mobile terminal;   receive checkout information from the checkout machine, and acquire the list of items to be purchased based on the checkout information;   display an age confirmation screen on the checkout machine when an item requiring an age confirmation is included in the list of items to be purchased;   complete the age confirmation when age confirmation information is received from the checkout machine.   
     
     
         10 . (canceled)